Sex and STEM: Stubborn Facts and Stubborn Ideologies

Re:Sex and STEM: Stubborn Facts and Stubborn Ideologies by lawlessone on Thursday February 15, 2018 @09:05AM (#16384028)

>Whatever is holding women's participation in our field at or below twenty percent is artificial, and a travesty.

CS is often toxic in my opinion. I can recall one instance were a lecturer harped on about why "men are better than women" .

Wish i spoke up, but the guy ruled the place.

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Re:Sex and STEM: Stubborn Facts and Stubborn Ideologies by maroonblazer on Thursday February 15, 2018 @09:33AM (#16384237)

How many instances can you recall where that didn't happen?

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Re:Sex and STEM: Stubborn Facts and Stubborn Ideologies by naasking on Thursday February 15, 2018 @09:27AM (#16384188)

So one douche bag makes a whole field toxic? Come on.

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Re:Sex and STEM: Stubborn Facts and Stubborn Ideologies by Khol on Thursday February 15, 2018 @09:42AM (#16384323)

If one douche bag can harp on without being challenged on this?

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Re:Sex and STEM: Stubborn Facts and Stubborn Ideologies by naasking on Thursday February 15, 2018 @10:01AM (#16384501)

I still fail to see how people's reluctance to make a public display in an academic lecture is somehow reflective of sexism in the field as a whole. How exactly does this tirade you speak of have any more influence than some random street preacher spouting about our sins and the end times?

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Re:Sex and STEM: Stubborn Facts and Stubborn Ideologies by jacobush on Monday February 19, 2018 @01:50PM (#16414774)

Not speaking from authority

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